diff --git a/modules/feeds/libraries/http_request.inc b/modules/feeds/libraries/http_request.inc
index 4fb91bc..54d3b23 100644
--- a/modules/feeds/libraries/http_request.inc
+++ b/modules/feeds/libraries/http_request.inc
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_inva
       if ($accept_invalid_cert) {
         curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
       }
+      //For some reason on drup-dev and production curl over IPv6
+      //(which is default) hangs about half the time, this is avoided
+      //by hardcoding curl to always use IPv4
+      curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
       $header = '';
       $data = curl_exec($download);
       if (curl_error($download)) {